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Geoffrey Gorer and the Study of Burma’s “Personality” 杰弗里·戈勒与缅甸“人格”研究

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-02-17 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2021.0002

Andrew Selth

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Burmese Women in the Colonial Imaginary: Gendered Representations in Kipling’s “Mandalay” and Croker’s The Road to Mandalay 殖民想象中的缅甸妇女:吉卜林《曼德勒》和克罗克《曼德勒之路》中的性别表现

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-02-17 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2021.0003

Sean P. Smith

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Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar by Roman David and Ian Holliday (review) 罗曼·戴维和伊恩·霍利迪的《缅甸的自由主义与民主》（综述）

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-02-17 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2021.0006

Kristina Simion

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Confluences amid Conflict: How Resisting China’s Myitsone Dam Project Linked Kachin and Bamar Nationalisms in War-Torn Burma 冲突中的冲突：抵抗中国密松大坝项目如何将缅甸战争中的克钦和巴马民族主义联系起来

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2020.0010

Laur Kiik

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Illustrations of Myanmar: Manuscript Treasures of the Musée Guimet ed. by William Pruitt (review) 《缅甸插图：吉米特博物馆手稿珍品》，William Pruitt主编（评论）

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2020.0015

Bryce Beemer

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The New Era of Sino-Burmese Relations: Changes in the Bilateral Relationship in View of China's Rise and Myanmar's Reforms 中缅关系的新时代：从中国崛起和缅甸改革看中缅关系的变化

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2020.0009

Kristina Kironska

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Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar by Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung (review) Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung的《缅甸的日常经济生存》（综述）

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2020.0014

J. Ferguson

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Biographical Essay: Myanmar Historian Daw Kyan (1918–2019) 传记散文:缅甸历史学家道谦(1918-2019)

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2020.0012

T. Aye

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Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change ed. by Lisa Brooten et al. (review) 《转型中的缅甸媒体:遗产、挑战与变革》，作者:Lisa broten等人

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2020.0013

Kristina Simion

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Disentangling the Colonial Narrative of the Karen National Association of 1881: The Motive behind Karen Baptist Intellectuals’ Claim for a Nation 解开1881年克伦民族协会的殖民叙事:克伦浸信会知识分子要求建国的动机

Journal of Burma Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-12 DOI: 10.1353/jbs.2020.0011

Hitomi Fujimura

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